Skirt-marker.



, H. M. DIXON.

SKIRT MARKER.

- APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27 1918.

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ATTORNEY HANNAH MARYJDIXON, OF KITTANNING, PENNSYLVANIA.

SKIRT-MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

Application filed February 27, 1918. Serial No. 219,461.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANNAH MARY'DIxoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kittanning, in the county of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Skirt- Markers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dress makers appliances, and more particularly to skirt markers- The obj ect'of the invention is to provide a marker of this character constructed for use by the person having on the skirt to be marked.

Another object is to provide a simply constructed and easily operated apparatus of this character which not only economizes in time and trouble but may be disassembled when not in use and stored in a small space.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a plan View of a skirt marker constructed in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof,

Fig. 3 is a detail cross sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, with parts broken out,

Fig. 4c is a detail longitudinal section, and

Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2. e

In the embodiment illustrated, a base 1 is shown in the form of an annular member of any suitable material suiflciently heavy to lie fiat on the floor, platform or other supporting surface and to retain this position when not in use. This base has a ball race 2 with bearing balls 3 therein on which travels an upright 4 carrying a chalk holder 10.

This upright 4 is bifurcated above its base 5 and the furcations 6 thereof are spaced laterally apart a suflicient distance to permit the chalk holder 10 to extend between them and to move freely. As shown, the base 5 8 through which a set screw 9 is designed to 7 pass. for clampingly connecting the chalk holder 10 in adjusted position. This chalk holder 10 is mounted in a slide 11 through which the set screw 9 operates as is shown clearly in Fig.5.

The other'furcation 6 of the upright at is provided with a scale indicating inches so that the slide 11 may be adjusted at any desired height on the upright 4;.

The chalk holder 10 is here shown in the form of a bar, angular in cross section and carrying at its inner end a chalk clamp 12 which may be of any suitable or desired construction and is here shown in the form of two laterally spaced fingers 13 with a bolt 14: passing therethrough and provided with a wing nut 15 which is designed to be tightened for bringing the fingers together to clamp the chalk 0 between them as is shown clearly in Fig. 2.

In the use of this marker, the person wearing the skirt to be marked, stands in the center of the annular base 1 and the chalk holder 10 is adjusted at the desired point on the upright 4:. The upright is then rolled around the member or base 1 and the chalk C will indicate on the skirt a line spaced the dlesired distance from the bottom of the s irt.

After the skirt has been so marked, it is removed and laid out flat and measures taken from the mark to the bottom of the skirt according to the number of inches it is desired that the lower edge of the skirt shall be from the floor after the hem has been turned. For instance, if the marker is positioned thirty-six inches from the floor, and it is desired that the skirt when the hem is turned up, be five inches, fromthe floor, the fold is made at thirty-one inches.

By the use of this device, a person wearing a skirt can mark it herself without necessitating any assistance.

The apparatus may be made in sections so that the parts may be readily disassembled and stored in a small space for packing when not in use, and yet may be readily set up in a very few minutes when to be used.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawa ings, the advantages of the construction and or the method of operation Will be readily apparent to those skilled in the artto which the invention appertains and While 1 have described the principle of operation of the invention together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device SllOWll is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made as are With in the scope of the claimed invention.

I claim l. A skirt marker comprising an annular base member having a ball race in its upper face, bearing balls in said race, an upright v having laterally extending elements at its lower end positioned to travel on the balls Within said race and around said member, said upright being bifurcated, a slide adjustably mounted on one of the furcations of said upright, a marking element carrying member secured on said slide, and means for race, said member having a recess above said balls of inverted if-shape in cross sec tion, the stem portion thereof opening through the upper face of said annular member, an upright having an inverted T- shaped lower end to fit said recess, and to move freely therein With a ball groove in the lower face of its head, the upper end of said upri ht being bifurcated with the fur cations thereof parallel, and one provided with longitudinally spaced apertures for the reception or a set screw, a slide adjustable on said furcations, and a chalk holder carried by said slide. 7

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HANNAH MARY DIXON.

Witnesses BLANOI-IE BROWN, EMMA Game.

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Washington, D. 0. 

